YOUR VIEWS: Letters to the editor

Creation of stormwater districts for the Town of New Hartford goes against years of proven town government and tends to shift the burden of the problem to those most affected by stormwater runoff

As Jim Messa said at the last Town Board meeting, “(We have to) truly find the root cause of each situation and from that point see what we have to do."

The town board is working with a Syracuse-based firm that seems to be addressing only the funding and not the cause or solution of the stormwater problem. The idea of stormwater districts, which are required to fund repairs and maintenance, goes against the whole idea of town-based government and funding.

What will be next? Will we see paving districts based on the number of roads in that district, plowing districts based on the amount of snow in that district, curbside trash districts based upon how many leaves that fall in your district?

If the town board goes forward with this plan, then the current tax base must also be made part of the plan with the current tax income being used only for the district in which it comes from. The town board is continuing to react to the problem and doing little to solve the cause of the problem.

Please attend the Town Board meeting on Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. in Butler Hall, to voice your concern, support and or opposition to this proposal, before it is too late.

Kenneth Driskell, Chadwicks

Thoughts, prayers, needed on nukes

The North Korean dilemma and the nuclear threat places a lot of demand on our thoughts and prayers. It is the main way we can act.

Thoughts that are positive and empathetic are the basis of all prayer borne out by prayer research. All of the studies numbering in the thousands prove prayer's efficacy. From a physics perspective the love vibe frequency is so high it is transcendent of time and space and thus eternal. The whole process of sainthood endorses this science in that most saints are confirmed by lengthy study of 2 healing miracles that happen after the prospective saint has passed.

Remember the light at the core of our soul is never consumed by the darkness that surrounds it. The spirit of the Olympics combined with Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday enables us to resonate with higher vibrations. With or without the US government, diplomacy will ultimately be the high road resolution to the North Korean crisis. I am struck by the South Korean effort at diplomacy that can rise out of unity in sport. The unified North/South Korean woman's hockey team. The younger sister of Kim Jung Un being present at the opening ceremony. And the North Korean cheerleaders are all images of compassion and have lead to an invitation for talks to start.

Consider thoughts of reducing the war games between the U.S. and South Korea that happen annually. It seems that that and the back-and-forth rhetoric are the most inflammatory forces enhancing the paranoia in the north. Maybe the big bad wolf doesn't blow down the brick house, but a nuclear warhead could.

Dr. William Hall, Whitesboro

Democrat scheme like Hitchcock thriller

Shocking revelations from the House Intelligence Committee place Democrats center stage in the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.

A criminal enterprise, spearheaded by Barack Obama and his minions at the FBI and Department of Justice, sabotaged a presidential election, a conspiracy to keep Hillary out of jail and frame Donald Trump. You just can't make this stuff up, their attempted coup d'etat reads like an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.

Zealots fraudulently obtaining FISA warrants to spy on the opposition. The Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and Obama ideologues, colluding with Russian operatives to score political points. A cabal of rabid Obama holdovers, weaponizing the highest levels of law enforcement, to overthrow a sitting President. Even the psychopathic media can't hide such malfeasance. The Democrat "House of Cards"is collapsing and they're scattering like cockroaches to evade embarrassment. Back in Abe Lincoln's day, traitors were hung in the public square! Should make for great theater when the Inspector Generals' report is released, and a grand jury holds these turncoats accountable for betraying their country. Stayed tuned!

"Truth will always prevail when pains are taken to bring it to light"- America's first President, George Washington.

Tom and Lynda Williams, Clinton

Is larger paycheck really more money?

Do the new so-called "tax breaks" that have less taken out of paychecks really constitute a reduction in income tax?

At my income level, I have been in the lowest tax bracket for the last 18 years. After the tax changes, I am now in a higher tax bracket. Even though my 2018 income will be slightly less than in 2017, it looks I will be paying more tax when I file a year from now.

Has anyone else checked their income tax bracket for 2018 and found this bump up? Are taxpayers getting increased spending money each paycheck, only to have higher taxes due come April 2019, or am I looking at it wrong?

Judy Manchester, Deansboro

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